bloodstained
Marked with gore
Bloodstained describes something marked or soaked with blood: a bloodstained shirt, bloodstained bandages.
The word often appears in crime or violence contexts: The detective examined the bloodstained carpet.
Figuratively, bloodstained can suggest guilt or responsibility for violence: a bloodstained regime, bloodstained hands.
Deliberate unlawful killing
- homicideCausing another's death
- assaultViolent offensive act
- brutalitySavage, merciless behavior
- slaughterKilling for meat
combat · warfare · stabbing · massacre · wound · carnage · killing · struggle
Causing horror and disgust
- morbidUnhealthily drawn to darkness
- ghoulishFascinated by death grotesquely
- grislyShockingly horrific
- horrificExtremely shocking and dreadful
grotesque · chilling · sinister · eerie · dreadful · corpse · cadaver · death
Made unclean
- smearedSpread carelessly across
- splatteredScattered in drops
- soakedThoroughly wet throughout
- saturatedThoroughly soaked through
marked · spotted · discolored · streaked · caked · crusted · dried · rusty
Facts supporting truth
- DNAHereditary code molecule
- splatterScatter in drops
- samplesSmall test portions
- analysisMethodical study of parts
laboratory · autopsy · serology · pathology · trace · investigation · luminol · residue
Blood-drinking undead creature
- castleFortified medieval residence
- cryptSubterranean burial vault
- dungeonSubterranean prison chamber
- daggerShort pointed stabbing blade
countess · shroud · coffin · fangs · stake · victim · chalice · ritual
Gripping limbs' extremities
- conscienceInternal moral sense
- guiltyResponsible for wrongdoing
- culpableDeserving of blame
- implicatedShown to be involved
incriminated · complicit · responsible · condemned · confessed · remorseful · haunted · accused
murder
Deliberate unlawful killing
slaughter · combat · warfare · stabbing · massacre · wound · carnage · killing · struggle · attack
gruesome
Causing horror and disgust
horrific · grotesque · chilling · sinister · eerie · dreadful · corpse · cadaver · death · remains
dirtied
Made unclean
- smearedSpread carelessly across
- splatteredScattered in drops
- soakedThoroughly wet throughout
saturated · marked · spotted · discolored · streaked · caked · crusted · dried · rusty · darkened
evidence
Facts supporting truth
analysis · laboratory · autopsy · serology · pathology · trace · investigation · luminol · residue · fingerprints
vampire
Blood-drinking undead creature
dagger · countess · shroud · coffin · fangs · stake · victim · chalice · ritual · altar
hands
Gripping limbs' extremities
- conscienceInternal moral sense
- guiltyResponsible for wrongdoing
- culpableDeserving of blame
implicated · incriminated · complicit · responsible · condemned · confessed · remorseful · haunted · accused · perpetrator
- blood adjectivesbloodied, clotted, coagulated, hematic, sanguine
- Shakespeare phrasesto be or not to be, et tu Brute, all the world's a stage, out damned spot, friends Romans countrymen
bloodstainedclean
Free of soil
unstained · spotless · pristine · immaculate · unblemished